Colorado Supreme Court confirms that Democrats’ speed-reading of bills violated state constitution – By Jesse Paul (Colorado Sun) / Mar 15 2021
The situation arose from Republicans’ efforts to stall the lawmaking process in protest of Democratic policies
In a 4-3 decision handed down on Monday, the Colorado Supreme Court confirmed that Democrats in the state Senate violated Colorado’s constitution in 2019 when they ordered bills to be speed-read by computers.
The situation arose from Republicans’ efforts to stall the lawmaking process in protest of Democratic policies two years ago, namely a rewrite of oil and gas regulations. GOP state lawmakers asked for bills to be read at length, specifically a noncontroversial, 2,000-page measure that gummed up policymaking for hours.
Democrats responded by having multiple computers read the measure at lightning speed, which sounded like intergalactic chatter and was impossible to discern.
Republicans sued, and a lower court ruled that Democrats violated the Colorado constitution’s provision requiring bills to be read at length upon request, specifically Article V, Section 22. Democrats challenged the ruling to the state Supreme Court, which led to the decision released Monday..
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